Does MC Hammer's "gangnam style" collabo with Psy at American Music Awards herald new trend?

Never thought I'd be nostalgic for the days of genie pants and aerobic-style choreography.

But 90s-era pop/rap star MC Hammer provided the highlight of the American Music Awards Sunday night, joining Korean rapper Psy for an inspired mash-up of his hit "Too Legit to Quit" with the ubiquituous YouTube smash "Gangnam Style."

I've heard from friends I respect that this blend of African American and Asian dance/pop culture flavors may be the wave of the future -- a shiny destiny where the groove of hip hop, soul and dance is fused with the wild visuals and boundless, zany eccentricities of artists from Korea, Japan and China.

Certainly, the Quentin Tarantino-blessed martial arts action film from Wu Tang Clan star RZA, The Man With the Iron Fists, is a product of that blend, as was Adult Swim's animated version of the blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite -- a furious blend of anime-style visuals and explicitly underground humor.

If the result is stuff like this AMA gig, I'm definitely down with it.

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As a wee TV fanatic, Times pop music critic Sean Daly first learned to tell time via Lee Majors classic "The Six Million Dollar Man." On family trips, instead of asking "Are we there yet?" he would inquire of his parents: "How many more Six's?" Thus, the concept of an hour. Adorable, right? Not nearly as cute: An adult Sean wears a Tigers hat not to support Detroit but because Tom Selleck wore one on "Magnum, P.I." It's sad really.

Michelle Stark is a Times writer, editor, designer and unabashed TV nerd. Her millennial TV-watching habits rely on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon instead of traditional cable, but she never misses her favorite shows, which include everything from Girls, Parenthood and New Girl to high-minded dramas like Mad Men and Homeland. She never met a reality dance show competition she didn’t like.

Sharon Kennedy Wynne is a Times writer and editor part of that first generation of toddlers raised on Sesame Street. Her TV tastes are eclectic. She's still a big fan of Sesame Street, but also darker fare like American Horror Story and Scandal. As our resident reality TV fan (though she's ashamed to admit it), she has complex theories on Survivor, Amazing Race and Big Brother strategies.